Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Connie's unhappy marriage to Clifford Chatterley is one scarred by mutual frustration and alienation. Crippled from wartime action, Clifford is confined to a wheelchair, while Connie's solitary, sterile existence is contained within the narrow parameters of the Chatterley ancestral home, Wragby. She seizes her chance at happiness and freedom when she embarks on a passionate affair with the estate's gamekeeper, Mellors, discovering a world of sexual opportunity and pleasure she'd thought lost to her.
The explosive passion of Connie and ... |
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In this book there are four short stories by D. H. Lawrence (one of the greatest writers of 20th-century English literature):
"The Virgin and the Gipsy" - When a handsome gipsy visits the home of Yyvette Saywell, it will change the way she sees herself and her life, forever.
"The Lovely Lady" - Pauline lives with her son Robert and her niece Ciss, in a beautiful house. One day Ciss hears Pauline talking to herself, and learns of secrets which will change all their lives.
"The Rocking Horse Winner" - Haster has a husband, a fine house and three beautiful children, but she isn't happy. ... |
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Ивет и Люсил са две млади, красиви сестри. Баща им е викарий, а майка им е избягала с друг мъж - скандал, който семейството се опитва всячески да потули. Скоро след края на Първата световна война им се налага да се преместят в мрачната къща на сляпата си и властна баба. Животът им поема в скучно и монотонно русло, а поривите на младостта им се сблъскват с установените порядки в дома.
Ивет истински жадува за свобода, за приключения, за любов и страст - чувства, за които не се говори под покрива на викария. Неизбежното обаче идва под образа на горд и непокорен циганин. Неписаните закони на времето обаче правят невъзможна ... |
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Lawrence's finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust and incomprehension. In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with Rupert, and Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale of sexual depravity and philosophical obscurity.
"Women in Love" is, however, a profound response to a whole cultural crisis. The "progress" of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves "human"? On what grounds could we place ourselves above and beyond the animal world? What are the definitive forms of our ... |
